Minimum cavetto module portable refrigerated cabinet with one free cold passage

ABSTRACT

Disclosed herein, in one aspect, is a portable minimum cavetto module refrigerated cabinet with a single free cold passage that comprises a thermally insulated broad vertical cabinet, having a compact and low-power refrigerating machine, characterized in that it has been supplemented with: a) a platform ( 1 )  1  with three openings located horizontally at the inner midpoint of the cabinet and constituting a segment which divides into two miniaturized modules, an occupied module ( 2 ), and a miniaturized module of a single free cold passage ( 3 ); b) a supplemental feature of an arc-shaped duct ( 4 ) which rises up from the platform and screwed by this, with grills ( 5 ) and ( 6 ), and a hinged air filter ( 7 ); c) two concave cavetto moldings ( 8 ) in the internal lateral walls, and partition walls facing each other ( 9 ) and ( 10 ), which when open are supported on projecting structures ( 11 ), in closed position supported by means of a latch bar ( 12 ), and supported on the internal base a sliding tray ( 13 ) with a handle ( 14 ), which above this tray, without direct contact, there are inclined cross racks ( 15 ), and in the upper part of the cabinet the air of condensation is channeled by grills ( 16 ) and ( 17 ); d) parallel profiles ( 18 ) welded between joints with transverse profiles ( 19 ), with four base wheels ( 20 ), thus forming a vertical assembly of a portable minimum cavetto module refrigerated cabinet with a single free cold passage, suitable for shops or beverage distributor operations.

The present invention refers to a refrigerated cabinet of the type comprising a thermally insulated cabinet space, divided internally into a plurality of free compartments, where a plurality of packs or packages of beverages are contained, chilled and/or displayed, and which carries a conventional compact low-power refrigerating machine of the cold display case type or the like, having the special feature of being totally minimal in a unique combination of module and arrangement of reduced free space, in order to contain temporarily and chill rapidly, individually and selectively, continuously or discontinuously, serially or randomly, whose cavity holds a single agglomerated product in the form of a pack or box of beverages at a time, and being in turn completely portable in a combination of simple support structures of reduced footprint with wheels in the support base which support the cabinet of vertical outer body formed as a rectangular parallelepiped of reduced dimensions, giving it ease of movement, suitable for shops or beverage distributors.

The refrigerated cabinets of this type are customarily used for shops and in beverage distribution to contain, store, chill and/or display inside them a plurality of products with quantities greater than more than one agglomerated module of pack type or a box of beverage containers, and generally these refrigerated cabinets have electrical refrigerating units of low power, but large internal dimensions for the cabinet space holding the plurality of products, so that customarily these refrigerated cabinets are arranged fixed in place; given the excessive plurality of compartments which they have to store a plurality of products in their interior for this type of storage and/or display refrigerated cabinet, it is necessary to perform a rearrangement and prior study of the internal space of this refrigerated cabinet with plurality of refrigerated compartments to accomplish the relocation of the products which are being kept, already cold, inside the internal space of the refrigerated cabinet and reconfigure the arrangement of the entry of an entirely new quantity of products which are at room temperature and which are to be placed inside this internal space to be added to and chilled with those already inside it, and in general they are replaced, putting the existing colder products toward the front of the cabinet and in the upper compartments, and those entering at room temperature are placed toward the bottom of the cabinet and in the lower compartments; and even this does not solve this thermal difference because in the plurality of internal compartments the products have broad temperature differences, so that often products with extreme temperature magnitudes are mixed together for the final distribution and they also generate a substantial rise in the interior temperature of the storage and/or display refrigerated cabinet itself, once more delaying the drop in this thermal parameter inside the compartment. Or else the consumer has to make an internal search and prior reconnoitering among the plurality of compartments which hold a plurality of products with different temperatures, touching each one to determine which of the available products are the coldest, playing the part of an attendant. Or when the storage and/or display refrigerated cabinet is reloaded from the start, when this entire cabinet is empty, and with the entire plurality of products inside this conventional refrigerated cabinet, which has the effect of totally delaying the chilling of each quantity of packs or beverage containers representing various boxes of beverage containers, and the consumer ends up not taking the beverages because he does not think they are cold, or if he takes them, having paid for cold beverages, which they are not on the inside, he will have to use some other appliance after the purchase for his beverages to have the desired temperature for their consumption, and even then he will have to wait a long time for this new appliance to work, unless he has a patented V-Tex-Rapit Cool with its exceptional vortex effect, which is the maximum, or even if he has this available to him, yet there are different quantities of packs or boxes of beverages and the products need to be kept in their packs or boxes, once again the problem is not solved in the short term, since it would take time to unpack and repack them one at a time, which would be ineffective in this case.

This minimum cavetto module and portable refrigerated cabinet of a single free cold passage, very recommended for general use and made known through this document, definitively solves these problems since one part of its arrangement is configured so as to supplement the conventional storage and/or display refrigerated cabinet, giving it less area and reduced free internal space, using for this purpose a platform of sheeting with three rectangular openings which, being placed horizontally and welded to the structure of the frame at the internal midpoint of the rectangular parallelepiped cabinet, segments it proportionately on the inside, and from the platform there is situated on top a duct to the conventional compact refrigerating machine, the upper segment being a miniaturized compartment module occupied by the duct and the conventional compact refrigerating machine contained in this segment above the platform itself, the lower internal supplement being a miniaturized module of single cold passage of secluded free area and defined by means of two sheet metal supplements with curved surface which are set in and screwed to the lateral walls inside this lower module, both sides being of concave shape internally as cavetto moldings, and in the front and rear transverse openings the doors are joined to the bottom frame of the structure by means of support hinges, and at the bottom and seated on the covered base inside the cabinet is a sliding tray which is removed by means of a handle arranged on its outer side, and on top of this tray, without direct contact, covering a portion of the perimeter are arranged cross racks, spaced apart and tilted at a 45 degree inclination in the manner of a grill supported on the structure by means of bolts, forming a well defined space for the chilling of a single pack or a single box of beverage containers at a time, and where the single specific product is subjected exclusively to the influences of the cold air flow around it, thereby allowing the packaged product which is nonmoving and has a higher temperature to be quickly, individually and selectively chilled in this way, said chilling being predetermined within the temperature ranges of +25° C. to −5° C., there being no limits of a hygroscopic nature, or of air flow rate, since the product is generally properly packaged and its contents are protected or sealed away from the outside, and because the variables of these mentioned conditions do not in any way change the internal content of the product in its essence, and on the other hand the cabinet is reconfigured, giving it less surface area, enabling flexibility in this dimension, such that reduced body dimensions are used, which is positioned vertically with respect to the width of the parallelepiped and supplemented with a simple conventional rolling support structure, giving it mobility, and using for this purpose four wheels anchored at the bottom in the extremities of the quadrilateral in the base of the support.

With this solution, one is able to diminish the area and space of the single free cold passage in the cabinet and consequently one can reduce the surface inside it by adding sets of supplements, without detriment to the free cold passage, the place designed to contain temporarily and chill in individual, rapid and selective manner, continuously or discontinuously, serially or randomly, a single product, and because its single free module holds a single pack or a single box of beverage containers at a time, whose area occupies approximately a single part of the plurality of parts which other conventional storage and/or display refrigerated cabinets contain, thus gaining efficiency and rapidity of operating capacity and at the same time convenience and functionality, since the mechanism allows for quick and easy chilling of the single product, which is of a single packaged quantity, and because it is processed in this specific individuality within the minimum cavetto module portable refrigerated cabinet with a single free cold passage even with the same refrigerating power as an entire conventional storage and/or display refrigerated cabinet with a plurality of volumes of products inside it, the chilling is more rapid, shortening the time as compared to the chilling with the same power of a plurality of volumes all at once, and this the speed is improved, since by analogy: Refrigerating capacity+Thermal load at Initial temperature versus Time for Thermal load with Final temperature, for example:

Conventional storage and/or display refrigerated cabinet of/2 HP+4 boxes of beverage containers at room temperature of +35° C.=(time 1 for box 1 with final temp. of +5° C.)+(time 2 for box 2 with final temp. of +5° C.)+(time 3 for box 3 with final temp. of +5° C.)+(time 4 for box 4 with final temp. of +5° C.).

Portable minimum cavetto module refrigerated cabinet with a single free cold passage. of/2 HP+1 box of beverage containers at room temperature of +35° C.=(time 1 for box 1 with final temp. of +5° C.).

Where in this case: conventional storage and/or display refrigerated cabinet with: time 1+time 2+time 3+time 4 is not equal to the portable minimum cavetto module refrigerated cabinet with a single free cold passage with: time 1, since t1+t2+t3+t4 is greater than t1; and because with the same power at greater thermal load to overcome, it would take more time, so that in accordance with the thermal load differences handled there would be the proportionate benefit of a savings in electricity. And moreover, this proposed cabinet can operate with much lower power, handling only the needs of the moment. And thanks to these advantages, there is facilitated the individual handling, serially or randomly, continuously or discontinuously, of one product at a time, where a minimal and specific thermal load is necessarily handled, contained in a single pack or a single box of beverages to be chilled in selective manner within the portable minimum cavetto module refrigerated cabinet with a single free cold passage and consequently the sole product already cold can be consumed directly, or moved to the conventional storage and/or display refrigerated cabinet where the prevailing internal temperatures will not change too much or radically, or the product not yet sufficiently cold can be removed from the conventional storage and/or display refrigerated cabinet and placed in the portable minimum cavetto module refrigerated cabinet with a single free cold passage until it reaches the desired temperature and within the aforementioned allowable temperature ranges of between +25° C. and −5° C., and furthermore one gains in portability thanks to a smaller size and lower weight in the body of the cabinet of rectangular parallelepiped shape, making this refrigerated cabinet lighter, and because it is supplemented by a support structure of smaller footprint with wheels in its base, which means that this assembly can be portable.

One can fully appreciate the subject matter of the present invention from the following specification, illustrating the practical embodiment of same by means of the enclosed drawings, where:

FIG. 1 shows a general front lateral axonometric view not drawn to scale of the portable minimum cavetto module refrigerated cabinet with a single free cold passage according to the invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view, not drawn to scale, of the portable minimum cavetto module refrigerated cabinet with a single free cold passage, showing the platform of the interior compartment at the bottom.

FIG. 3 also shows in perspective view and not drawn to scale the rear part of the portable minimum cavetto module refrigerated cabinet with a single free cold passage.

The refrigerated cabinet proposed here is of conventional type and is formed by a thermally insulated cabinet space, divided into a plurality of compartments or spaces in an internal dimension, which contain, refrigerate and/or display a plurality of packs or boxes of beverage containers and having a conventional compact refrigerating machine of low power. A refrigerated cabinet of these characteristics has been supplemented in its structure with:

-   -   A platform (1) of sheet metal with three openings, located at         the midpoint and welded in the horizontal direction to the frame         structure and proportionately segmenting into two equal parts         the interior of the actual cabinet structure, the upper segment         forming a miniaturized module compartment (2) occupied by the         conventional refrigerating machine and supplements, said         platform forming at the bottom an accessible miniaturized module         of a free cold passage (3) (see FIG. 1 and FIG. 2), and above         the platform screwed in the form of a riser is situated the duct         (4) for discharging of cold air coming from the conventional         compact refrigerating machine seated on this.     -   With supplements of directionable blowing grills (5) and a         conventional return grill (6) which are installed in the         rectangular openings screwed into the structure of the platform         and supplemented by a hinged air filter (7) placed horizontally         to define at the bottom a kind of ceiling intercommunicating         with the complementary segment.     -   The sole miniaturized module of one free cold passage (3) has         two supplements of curved sheet metal fitted into and screwed         into the lateral walls, the two lateral sides within the module         (3) facing each other internally in concave manner, as a cavetto         molding (8), letting it channel the mass of cold air to flow in         one direction thanks to this concavity and the directional         action of the grills (5), and the module has a surface of         necessary and sufficient dimension to freely accommodate a         single pack or one box of beverages at a time, which to form a         free, small, closed and accessible compartment has been         supplemented with gates (9) and (10), facing each other, having         inclinations in the same direction with a 45 degree gradient,         and held open in horizontal position toward the outside of the         cabinet at an intermediate level of the projecting structure         (11) as shown in (FIG. 3), thus forming auxiliary zones which         facilitate a handling of the product, and supported in the         closed gate position by a curved metal latch bar (12), which         defines a parallelepiped block that is closed at the top by a         platform (1), and at the bottom and supported, being seated in         the covered base inside the cabinet, is a sliding tray (13),         supplemented with a handle (14) in its external side, and above         this tray, without direct contact, covering a portion of the         area, there are arranged on its perimeter frame and bolted to         the structure cross racks (15), spaced apart, with a 45 degree         inclination, to enable the movement of the cold internal air         beneath it and make possible its cleaning, being well defined as         a delimited area of placement or passage for the chilling,         without there being any disadvantage in the arrangement of such         sets of components, to the detriment of the internal free         surface of the single cold passage, without regard to the fact         that if a plurality of specific products is introduced into the         plurality of free compartments or in a broad space in the         conventional storage and/or display refrigerated cabinet they         take up more surface than that defined by said portable minimum         cavetto module refrigerated cabinet with a single free cold         passage for the purpose of chilling a single individual packaged         product at a time.     -   The upper segment with miniaturized compartment module (2)         occupied by the duct and by the conventional refrigerating         machine normally have means in the upper part for handling the         air of condensation through grills (16) and (17) fitted into and         screwed to the frame, as can be seen in (FIG. 1 and FIG. 3).     -   The rectangular parallelepiped constituting the cabinet is         supported by means of a structure with four profiles of equal         height, placed vertically (18), where the sections are joined by         transverse profiles in horizontal position (19) by welds between         them, forming quadrilaterals (see FIG. 2), and supplemented at         the ends of the lower level base of the quadrilateral profile by         four conventional wheels (20), allowing these rolling bearings         to be elements which guarantee the displacement on floor level,         providing it with portability, the profiles of the structure         face each other overlapping, forming parallel straight lines,         where the upper pieces of the structures are created in the         shape of an “L”, closing the internal edges by the 90°         development of the profiles, which makes it possible to         introduce rails inside them in addition to the cabinet formed in         rectangular parallelepiped shape which is seated on top of the         support structure in vertical position with respect to the base         of this support and it is located at the midpoint as a point of         union with the parallel structure, forming a single slender         external body with increase in vertical height of greater length         than the lateral sides and now self-supported mutually to         facilitate its autonomy and thus meet the specific needs of the         consumers.

It is not considered necessary to provide a more extensive description so that any person skilled in the field will understand the actual scope of this invention and the advantages which result from it, given the features mentioned in the essential characteristics of the invention, which are claimed hereafter:

A Capiatá 13 Sep. 2014 Correction 13-4-1 Registration Processes Features of this Invention

Mark Step Cool (petroleum blue color) Industrial design The drawings, up to 10 figures, its shapes and colors Utility model Portable minimum cavetto module refrigerated cabinet with a single free compartment for the rapid and temporary chilling of a single pack or box of beverage at a time Law 1630 Chapter VII Utility model

On the Definition of a Utility Model:

An invention constituted by a shape, configuration or arrangement of elements of an artifact which affords a better or different functioning of the object which incorporates it or which provides some utility to it.

Consequently

What is already known New arrangement and configuration Conventional storage and/or Minimum cavetto module refrigerated display refrigerated cabinet with cabinet with a single free compartment plurality of free compartment, for for the rapid and temporary chilling the chilling in normal time and the of a single pack or box of beverage at storing and/or displaying of a a time plurality of beverages

Where

Conventional storage and/or versus Portable minimum cavetto display refrigerated cabinet module refrigerated cabinet with plurality of free with a single free cold compartment passage Plurality of free compartment different from Singularity of one free compartment Internal cavity of planar and different from Internal cavity free below fixed walls and bases with concave sides, cavetto moldings and bases with cross pieces of 45° inclination For storage and display different from For temporary use Fixed cabinet different from Portable cabinet With normal chilling time different from Shortens the chilling time t1 t1 + t2 + t3 + t4

On Requirements of Patent Worthiness

-   -   It must have industrial application     -   Object Apparatus: refrigerator for chilling     -   It must have novelty—discernible utilitarian characteristic

New arrangement and What is already known configuration Internal cavity with plurality =/= Internal cavity with of free compartment singularity of free compartment and concave cavetto walls Normal chilling time =/= Time savings, it is faster Fixed cabinet =/= Portable cabinet

And inasmuch as, in accordance with this new internal configuration of the refrigerated cabinet now with a single free cavity and accessible transverse gates, where a single volume of product is handled at a time, which gives as a practical result the advantage of rapid chilling in this single cavity, which unlike conventional cabinets the chilling time takes longer due to handling a plurality of volumes of products at a time.

-   -   What problem does it solve?     -   Specifically in beverage distribution places

1. The rapid and selective chilling of each pack or each box of beverages at a time

2. Mixture of products with different temperatures inside the conventional storage and/or display refrigerated cabinet

3. Considerable increase in the internal temperature of the conventional storage and/or display refrigerated cabinet, which because of introducing the plurality of volumes of beverages entering at room temperature causes an exponential increase in this thermal parameter, slowing down the chilling.

4. And the beverages which leave the conventional storage and/or display refrigerated cabinet and that are not cold enough, to be rapidly chilled in this single passage.

-   -   What does it serve to do?

1. To temporarily store and chill in individual, rapid, selective, continuous or discontinuous, serial or random fashion, a single product, and where a single pack or a single box of beverage containers is admitted into its single compartment of single free cavity at a time.

2. Consequently, there is a gain in efficiency of speed and operating capacity and at the same time convenience and functionality, because the mechanism enables easy and rapid chilling of the single product, because this being a single volume and being processed in its individuality within the portable miniaturized module refrigerated cabinet with a single free compartment and with the same refrigerating power used for an entire conventional storage and/or display refrigerated cabinet with plurality of volumes of products in its interior, the chilling is indeed faster, shortening the times if a plurality of volumes were to be chilled with the same power all at once and thus improving the speed of chilling.

3. It is easy to transport.

How is it constructed, its materials and method of use? see the specification.

-   -   Pedro Miguel Fernández M.     -   Industrial Designer

Step Cool

Portable minimum cavetto module refrigerated cabinet with a single free cold passage for the rapid and temporary chilling of a single pack or box of beverage at a time.

-   -   Title     -   Technical field to which the invention pertains (subject matter         of the invention)     -   Technical information related to the invention     -   Detailed explanation of the invention     -   Advantageous effects of the invention     -   Description of at least one embodiment of the invention     -   Claims     -   Abstract

Conceived, designed and created by Pedro Miguel Fernández M. 

1. A portable minimum cavetto module refrigerated cabinet with a single free cold passage that structurally comprises a thermally insulated cabinet with broad internal dimensions, having a compact and low-power refrigerating machine which allows it to be connected to any conventional electrical outlet, characterized essentially in that said structure has been supplemented with: a) a platform (1) of sheet metal with three openings, located at the midpoint and welded in the horizontal direction to the frame structure and constituting a segment which divides into two reduced modules, one a miniaturized module (2) occupied by the conventional refrigerating machine and supplements, and the other a miniaturized module of a single free cold passage (3) of symmetrically equal proportions in the interior of the actual structure of the cabinet; b) a supplemental feature of an arc-shaped duct (4) which rises up from and above the platform, supplemented by grills (5) and (6) screwed to the platform and supplemented in turn by a hinged air filter (7), defining below it a kind of ceiling for the single miniaturized cavetto module arrangement with one free cold passage (3) in the structure of the frame in the manner of a temporary chilled container, thus forming a new assembly of object and apparatus reconfigured as a portable minimum cavetto module refrigerated cabinet with a single free cold passage, in whose single free passage a single pack or a single box of beverage containers is chilled at a time, suitable for shops or beverage distributor operations
 2. The portable minimum cavetto module refrigerated cabinet with a single free cold passage according to previous claim, characterized in that the single miniaturized module arrangement of one free cold passage (3), in order to decrease the area and space of the module itself, has been supplemented inside the latter with: c) two curved metal sheets fitted into the lateral walls of concave shape, a cavetto molding (8) which, in order to form a compartment space which is internally free, small, closed and accessible, have been supplemented with walls facing each other which form gates (9) and (10), defining in closed position a miniaturized module with reduced internal area, where the open gates are supported in horizontal position toward the outside of the cabinet above the intermediate level of the projecting structure (11), in the closed gate position supported by a latch bar (12), and at the bottom and supported, being seated in the covered base inside the cabinet, is a sliding tray (13) with a handle (14) screwed to it, and above this tray, without being in direct contact with it, there are arranged at an inclination, disposed on its perimeter frame and bolted to the structure of the module (3), covering a portion of the area by means of cross racks (15), spaced apart, with a 45 degree inclination, having means of decreasing the zone, forming an area not equal to the lower base of the module, so as to facilitate the movement of the cold internal air beneath it and make possible a cleaning without much effort, being well defined as a base area delimited for the sole placement or free passage for the chilling, and which in the upper part of the module (2) have means for handling the air of condensation of the refrigerant via grills (16) and (17) screwed onto the outer surface of the cabinet structure.
 3. The portable minimum cavetto module refrigerated cabinet with a single free cold passage according to claim 1, characterized in that the miniaturized occupied module (2) and the miniaturized free module (3) have means of coupling to the structural support via: d) four profiles placed vertically (18) and railed by outer edges of the rectangular parallelepiped and this parallelepiped is seated on a quadrilateral in the middle zone of the structure formed by the transverse profiles of horizontal joints (19), joined intermediately to each other, thus forming a simple support structure and where four wheels (20) are anchored at the ends of the quadrilateral in the lower level base of the profiles 